Paris Saint-Germain Quiz Questions and Answers

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Round 1

  1. PSG were founded in 1970 from the merger of Paris FC and which other club?
  2. PSG finally won their first-ever Champions League in 2025 with a record-breaking final scoreline. How did the final end?
  3. A 19-year-old ran riot in the 2025 Champions League final, scoring twice and assisting once. Who was this breakout star?
  4. In one of football's most infamous collapses, PSG won a 2017 Champions League last-16 first leg 4-0, then lost the return how?
  5. Who became the most expensive player in the world when PSG signed him in 2017 for €222 million?
  6. A future African head of state starred for PSG in the mid-1990s and won the Ballon d'Or in 1995. Who was he?
  7. Kylian Mbappé left PSG in 2024 as the club's all-time top scorer. Which club did he join, and on what terms?
  8. PSG completed back-to-back Champions League titles in 2026. Whom did they beat in that final, and how?
  9. Just weeks after their 2025 Champions League triumph, PSG lost a major final 3-0. Which trophy slipped away?
  10. Which fashion designer became PSG club president in the 1970s and is credited with creating their iconic kit design?
Answers — round 1
  1. Stade Saint-Germain — The 'Saint-Germain' half of the name comes from Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the suburb west of Paris where Stade Saint-Germain were based.
  2. PSG 5-0 Inter Milan — It was the biggest winning margin in any major European men's club final — Inter never recovered after Hakimi's early opener in Munich.
  3. Désiré Doué — Doué became the youngest player ever to score twice in a Champions League final — and was named the competition's Young Player of the Season.
  4. 6-1 to Barcelona — 'La Remontada' — Barcelona scored three times in the final seven minutes at Camp Nou to win 6-1 and go through 6-5 on aggregate, the first-ever overturning of a four-goal first-leg deficit.
  5. Neymar — The Brazilian's release-clause buyout from Barcelona nearly doubled the previous world record and remains the most expensive transfer in football history.
  6. George Weah — Weah became President of Liberia in 2018 — and his 1995 Ballon d'Or, the only one ever won by an African, came the same year he left PSG for AC Milan.
  7. Real Madrid on a free transfer — After refusing to extend, Mbappé departed as a free agent in summer 2024 — leaving with 256 goals, a PSG record that still stands.
  8. Arsenal, on penalties — After Havertz put Arsenal ahead inside five minutes, Dembélé's penalty forced a shootout that Gabriel Magalhães's miss decided in PSG's favour.
  9. Club World Cup — Chelsea stunned them 3-0 in the New Jersey final of the expanded 2025 Club World Cup — a result that included a touchline flare-up involving Luis Enrique.
  10. Daniel Hechter — Hechter designed the central red stripe flanked by white on a blue base — the 'Hechter' shirt template that defines PSG's look to this day.

Round 2

  1. Nigerian playmaker Jay-Jay Okocha became a Parc des Princes cult hero in the late '90s. Which club did PSG sign him from?
  2. Who scored the goal that won PSG the 1996 Cup Winners' Cup final against Rapid Vienna?
  3. Edinson Cavani moved to PSG in 2013 from which Italian club, where he'd been known as 'El Matador'?
  4. Brazilian World Cup winner Ronaldinho began his European career at PSG. Which club did he leave them for in 2003, where he became a global icon?
  5. Which Swedish striker arrived at PSG in 2012, declared 'I came like a king, left like a legend,' and rewrote the club's scoring record?
  6. Marco Verratti spent over a decade as PSG's midfield metronome. From which Italian club did PSG sign the 'Little Owl' in 2012?
  7. How many Ligue 1 titles did Kylian Mbappé win during his seven seasons at PSG (2017–2024)?
  8. Which manager led PSG to their historic first Champions League in 2025 — and a second the year after?
  9. PSG's transformation into a global superclub began in 2011 when the club was bought by investors from which country?
  10. At which iconic stadium does Paris Saint-Germain play its home matches?
Answers — round 2
  1. Fenerbahçe — PSG paid a then-record fee to bring the dribbling magician from Turkey in 1998; he later became a legend at Bolton, where the chant 'so good they named him twice' was born.
  2. Bruno Ngotty — Defender Ngotty's first-half strike settled the Brussels final 1-0 — PSG's lone major European trophy until 2025.
  3. Napoli — PSG paid a then-French-record fee (~€64m) to prise the Uruguayan from Napoli; he'd go on to become their all-time top scorer before Mbappé passed him.
  4. Barcelona — PSG never quite tamed his off-pitch lifestyle; Barcelona did, and he won the Ballon d'Or there in 2005 — a transfer Parisians long regretted.
  5. Zlatan Ibrahimović — He scored 156 goals in four seasons, breaking Pauleta's record, and his swaggering quotes became part of PSG folklore.
  6. Pescara (Serie B) — PSG plucked the teenage Verratti from second-tier Pescara before he'd ever played in Serie A — a coup that delivered nine Ligue 1 titles.
  7. Six — Mbappé won six of seven possible league titles — the only one that escaped was 2020-21, when Lille pipped PSG to the crown.
  8. Luis Enrique — The Spaniard, who'd masterminded Barcelona's 6-1 Remontada against PSG in 2017, completed his redemption arc by winning back-to-back Champions Leagues in Paris.
  9. Qatar — Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) completed its takeover of PSG in 2011, funding the spending that turned Paris into a European power.
  10. Parc des Princes — PSG have called the Parc des Princes in western Paris home since 1974; the Vélodrome belongs to rivals Marseille.

Round 3

  1. In 2021 PSG signed a six-time Ballon d'Or winner on a free transfer after his boyhood club couldn't renew his deal. Who was he?
  2. PSG became the most-crowned club in French top-flight history by 2024, overtaking which side's ten-title record?
  3. PSG signed Kylian Mbappé in 2017 from which French club, where he had just won the Ligue 1 title as a teenager?
  4. PSG reached their first-ever Champions League final in 2020, losing 1-0 in Lisbon to which club?
  5. In which season did PSG win their first-ever French top-flight championship?
  6. Which manager delivered PSG's first Ligue 1 title of the Qatari era in 2013, having taken charge in December 2011?
  7. Who was PSG's manager when they reached their first Champions League final in 2020?
  8. PSG signed defender Thiago Silva, who went on to captain the club, from which Italian side in 2012?
  9. From which Premier League club did PSG sign Ángel Di María in 2015?
  10. Before Mbappé passed him, which striker was PSG's all-time top scorer with exactly 200 goals for the club?
Answers — round 3
  1. Lionel Messi — Messi joined PSG in August 2021 when Barcelona's financial troubles forced them to let him leave for nothing.
  2. Saint-Étienne — Saint-Étienne's ten league titles stood as the French record until PSG surpassed it by 2024.
  3. Monaco — Mbappé arrived from Monaco on an initial loan with an obligation to buy worth around €180m, one of the biggest deals ever.
  4. Bayern Munich — Kingsley Coman, a Paris-born former PSG academy player, headed the only goal to win it for Bayern Munich.
  5. 1985-86 — PSG claimed their maiden Division 1 title in 1985-86, more than a decade before the QSI era.
  6. Carlo Ancelotti — Ancelotti won the 2012-13 title, PSG's first league crown since 1994, before leaving for Real Madrid.
  7. Thomas Tuchel — Tuchel guided PSG to the 2020 final in Lisbon before being sacked the following season.
  8. AC Milan — Thiago Silva arrived from AC Milan in the same 2012 window as Zlatan Ibrahimović and became PSG's long-serving skipper.
  9. Manchester United — The Argentine winger joined PSG from Manchester United after a single season at Old Trafford.
  10. Edinson Cavani — Cavani reached 200 goals to become PSG's record scorer, a mark later beaten by Mbappé's 256.

Round 4

  1. Who became Paris Saint-Germain's president when Qatar Sports Investments completed its takeover of the club in 2011?
  2. PSG hold the record for winning which domestic French cup competition the most times, with 15 triumphs by 2024?
  3. In 2021 PSG signed a Spanish World Cup-winning centre-back on a free transfer from Real Madrid. Who was he?
  4. Who was PSG's manager during the infamous 2017 'Remontada,' when a 4-0 first-leg lead was overturned by Barcelona?
  5. Which manager led PSG to three consecutive Ligue 1 titles between 2014 and 2016?
  6. Whose PSG goalscoring record did Zlatan Ibrahimović break, having stood as the club's all-time top scorer?
  7. Which Brazilian midfielder, brother of Sócrates, captained PSG and won the 1994 Ligue 1 title after joining from São Paulo?
  8. Which Yugoslav playmaker was one of PSG's greatest players of the 1980s, dazzling at the Parc des Princes from 1982 to 1991?
  9. In QSI's first season in charge (2011-12), which surprise package pipped PSG to the Ligue 1 title by three points?
  10. When David Beckham had a short spell at PSG in 2013, what did he famously do with his salary?
Answers — round 4
  1. Nasser Al-Khelaïfi — Nasser Al-Khelaïfi was installed as PSG president following Qatar Sports Investments' 2011 takeover of the club.
  2. Coupe de France — PSG overtook Marseille to become the most successful club in Coupe de France history.
  3. Sergio Ramos — Ramos joined PSG for free in 2021 after 16 years at Real Madrid, arriving in the same summer as Messi.
  4. Unai Emery — Emery was in charge for the 6-1 Camp Nou collapse; he later won multiple Europa League titles elsewhere.
  5. Laurent Blanc — Former France captain Laurent Blanc dominated domestically, winning the league in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
  6. Pauleta — Portuguese striker Pauleta held the club record until Ibrahimović surpassed it during his four seasons in Paris.
  7. Raí — Raí was PSG's elegant playmaker-captain in the mid-1990s and remains one of the club's most revered figures.
  8. Safet Sušić — Bosnian-born Safet 'Pape' Sušić spent nine seasons at PSG and is celebrated as a club legend.
  9. Montpellier — Olivier Giroud's Montpellier stunned the newly rich PSG to win their only French title in 2012.
  10. Donated it to a children's charity — Beckham joined for five months in 2013 and gave his entire wage to a Parisian children's charity.

Round 5

  1. Which Argentine playmaker became Qatar Sports Investments' first marquee signing at PSG in August 2011, arriving from Palermo for what was then a Ligue 1 record fee?
  2. PSG's 2015-16 side set a Ligue 1 record that still stands. How many points did they finish with?
Answers — round 5
  1. Javier Pastore — Pastore cost around €42m, beating the French record PSG themselves had set by signing Nicolas Anelka from Real Madrid in 2000.
  2. 96 — Thirty wins, six draws and two defeats gave PSG 96 points, the highest total in Ligue 1 history; they sealed the title in March with a 9-0 win at Troyes.

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